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Salvation Army worker Simon Taylor claims staff were warned not to take Mefloquine, also known as Lariam, because of adverse health effects.

But a spokesperson for the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection says neither the department nor International Health and Medical Services have warned staff to avoid the drug.

Mefloquine is one of several types of anti malarials available and detainees are assessed by IHMS clinical team members before being prescribed with any medication, the spokesperson said in a statement on Monday.

Mr Taylor says in a submission to a Senate inquiry that asylum seekers were given the drug despite warnings about it to the staff.

Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration warns it should not be prescribed to people with a history of depression, anxiety disorders or other major psychiatric illness.

The US military curbed its use among troops after it was l Toms Shoes Outlet inked to permanent brain damage, suicide, murder and domestic violence.

Mr Taylor also said while he was on Manus Island Toms Shoes Outlet between last September and February 2014, there were several camp “lockdowns” when locals with machetes attempted to breach perimeter fences.